Dental Implant Surgeon Dr. Biju Thomas BDS, FFDRCS (Ireland), FICOI (USA). Dr.Biju's Scientific Dental Clinic for dental implant treatment like replacement of missing teeth in India, bone grafts for dental implants, dental implant crown and bridges, Painless dental implant treatment, Dental treatment full mouth dental implant cost in India with Affordable dental implants cost. Dental Implants are an effective, secure and permanent solution to the problem of missing teeth. They have been used very successfully for over Forty five years. Over decades dentists and manufacturers have developed dental implants that successfully match the function, comfort and look of your natural teeth.

Dr Biju Thomas who established the scientific dental implant clinic has developed the center as a one stop specialty clinic to handle all types of dental and cranio facial implant treatment. Dr Biju Thomas who is by specialization a maxillofacial surgeon has over 22 years of experience in his specialty. He worked in centers of excellence like Cambridge university hospital UK (Addenbrooks NHS Trust Cambridge) and Trinity university hospital, Ireland (St. James's Hospital NHS Trust, Dublin) in the capacity of a senior specialist.

Dental implant treatment is a dream comes true for both dentists and patients. It is in 1952 this miraculous discovery by Prof. Per-Ingvar Branemark hallmarked the science of dental implantology and he for the first time coined the word Osseo-integration. Since then multitude of implant systems and their prosthetic solutions have emerged. Since then it has become the gold standard for replacing single tooth to complex full moth dental implant treatment.

Like any surgical specialty dental implant treatment has its own merits and demerits. The success rate is dependent on the scrutiny following factors.

The patient has to be completely aware of the procedure, its implications, its limitations, and the final expectations of the treatment protocol. Patient should not be given unrealistic promises. The motivation and cost factor awareness of the patient has to be taken into consideration while selecting the patient.

Implant Dentist Should take care

The pre-treatment planning and the diagnostic work up should be meticulous to the point that the eventuality of an unfortunate failure should also be factored. Any implant is purely prosthetic driven, and not surgically, therefore it must be understood that the prosthetic design should respect the bio-mechanical factors that may contribute to prosthetic complications.

There are two types of Dental Implant Failure, Early failures and late failures.

EARLY FAILURES

This type of failure occurs shortly after the implants are placed. They can be caused by

* Overheating the bone* Too much force when they are placed* Not enough force when they are placed* Contaminated implant* Contaminated Osteotomy* Epithelial cells in Osteotomy site* Poor quality of bone* Excessive forces during Osseo integration* A myriad of other reasons

LATE FAILURES

Generally caused by

* Excessive forces* Lateral loading

Early failures can be dealt with at the stage of treatment planning, and diagnostic work up, by ensuring an adequate surgical protocol, and a thorough knowledge and understanding of the implant system being placed.

It goes without saying that implant surgery, like any invasive procedure, has to follow strict surgical and sterilization protocols, with emphasis being placed on minimal interval time between exposure of the implant from its sterile packaging to its insertion and primary fixation in the Osteotomy site.

Implants should never be manipulated by gloved fingers, or the surface contaminated by external sources during the implant placement. Epithelial invagination in the Osteotomy site is a certain precursor to implant failure. Most instances of crestal bone loss usually occurring within a few weeks of placement with an improper protocol of handling.

A large percentage of failures of implants occur in the late phase or the phase of loading. The most significant factor affecting stability of an implant is occlusal loading. Having mentioned that all implants are eventually prosthetic driven, it is imperative that the occlusal scheme has to be designed to ensure axial loading, and avoid excessive occlusal forces on the implant. Early signs of excess load fatigue are manifested by loosening of abutment screws, and may eventually lead to implant fractures.

The ratio of implant to crown should be ideally 1:1 to ensure proper dissipation of occlusal forces. Short implants, with an inadequate diameter should be avoided to the greatest possible extent to prevent secondary failures due to inadequate loading. Cantilever design, especially posterior cantilevers is a precursor to failure too, and may place excessive load on the implant.

Benefits of Dental Implants

It can treat cases untreatable with conventional methods of dental bridges and dentures.It prevents further shrinking of the jawbone following tooth loss.It can perfectly restore chewing function.It avoids cutting down and overloading the natural teeth occurring with conventional means of replacing tooth loss.It helps to restore a patient’s self-esteem and confidence since it gives the feeling of regaining the real teeth.It functions better than conventional dental bridges and dentures.It gives superior aesthetic results